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Skjaldmær. Based on the descriptions of Lathgertha (Hlaðgerð) on Saxo Grammaticus and Katheryn Winnick's interpretation in the Vikings TV show. #lagertha #lathgertha #hlaðgerðr #saga #icelandicsagas #ragnar #ragnarlothbrok #katherynwinnick #vikings #historychannel #netflix #shieldmaiden #skjaldmær #skjoldmøy #skjaldmö #drawing #color #pencil #pencildrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5A9v1gwot/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=klrcrzwhay8m

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The Really Small Chat. Who are these people? What dank memery is hidden within this piece? Nobody will ever know, except for the commisioners and the artist... #drawing #pencildrawing #color https://www.instagram.com/p/BqzTisvgd2U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=di0tkauis33t

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She's Got the Look. Entry for the #drawthisinyourstyle contest by @jessbernadetteart Hope y'all don't mind a bit of glam! #jbredraw30k #drawthisinyourstyle #pencil #pencildrawing #color #white #cream #synth #retro #80s #glam https://www.instagram.com/p/BqwvG9xAFcW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a778z0i0afar

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Orange, now with improved scanning. #futabasakura #persona5 #nintendoswitch #orange #color #pencildrawing #pencil https://www.instagram.com/p/BquAemCgpzK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1damidj4egg2d

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A couple of drawings I made some time ago. Featuring Shantae and Marceline. #shantae #shantaehalfgeniehero #marceline #adventuretime #drawings #pencildrawing #sketch https://www.instagram.com/p/BqrX425AaAq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nwo5wd4mp1vh

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Warning: prolonged exposure to questionable animation featuring anthropomorphic fauna could lead to dermatological alterations and hair overgrowth, contact your local practitioner in case the symptoms persist. Or just roll with it, we won’t judge!

Featuring Saberspark

#saberspark #drawing #color #youtube #youtuber #no #ohgod #why #reviews #noahsark https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpEhtGg6pT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ba6cwfkl2lpz

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She's trouble, now with improved scanning. #kda #kakali #kpop #leagueoflegends #lol #popstars #drawing #pencil #color https://www.instagram.com/p/BqmlhM3grdY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12gbykciwbgn5

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“The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day…”

— Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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If you’re a EU national of voting age, please take a moment out of your day to visit this site and sign this Citizens’ Initiative to protect the linguistic rights of European minorities.

SIGN THE INITIATIVE HERE

The initiative needs one million votes to be submitted to the European Commission and we’re still short of nearly 400,000 votes that need to be collected in the next 43 days or the initiative will fail.

Here’s what the initiative proposes:

drafting a EU Recommendation for the protection and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity in the Union 

adjusting funding programmes so that they become accessible for small regional and minority language communities

the establishment of a language diversity centre

allocating regional funds in ways that promote pluralism and benefit national minorities

research into the added value of minorities to social and economic development in Europe 

improving minority representation in the elections to the European Parliament

an improved anti-discrimination framework

approximating equality for stateless minorities

creating a single market for copyright (i.e. no more geoblocking)

amending the Audio-visual Media Services Directive to facilitate access to content in minority languages across national borders

regional (state) support for minority communities

A note on any privacy concerns: when signing the initiative, you’ll be ask to provide your full name, date and place of birth, nationality and ID number. This information is encrypted and will never be published, either in part or in full. If the initiative reaches one million signatures, the data will be passed to your national government to verify that you are indeed a citizen.

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Other citizens’ initiatives you might be interested in:

We are a welcoming Europe, let us help! an initiative to allow EU citizens to sponsor refugees, stop prosecutions of people offering humanitarian help or shelter, and protect victims of labour exploitation, crime and human rights abuses at our borders

Let us reduce the wage and economic differences that tear the EU apart! an initiative for a European wage union that seeks to ameliorate the wage gap between Western and Eastern Europe

Retaining European Citizenship /  EU Citizenship for Europeans: United in Diversity in Spite of jus soli and jus sanguinis two initiatives to allow UK nationals to keep their EU citizenship irrespective of Brexit negotiations

Stop TTIP 

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Walter is my cousin’s dog. He really has a thing for swimming.

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!LANGUAGE RESOURCE ALERT OMG!

Okay guys! I just recently came across a really cool resource with a WHOLE BUNCH OF LANGUAGE BOOOKS. Like, I’m talking about SO MANY BOOKS HERE. You can see below some of the languages and the books - ever wanted to learn Middle English??? - There are language books from Arabic to  Yoruba and seriously it’s the best thing I’ve ever found. The books are in alphabetical order of language and are in .pdf format so hopefully that shouldn’t be a problem for anyone! 

I was able to upload the .zip file of all of the books to my google drive SO if you want access to this AWESOME RESOURCE go here. Let me know what you think about the books and I will try to find more resources!! 

I’m super excited to share this with you guys! Hope you enjoy!! - Lo

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Who do Europeans joke about most?

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Norwegian PDFs!

I have three Google Drive PDFs here of books in Norwegian - one collection of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales and two school editions of plays by Henrik Ibsen and Nordahl Grieg. Enjoy and let me know if there are any problems with the links!

H.C. Andersen - Eventyr (Fairy Tales)

Henrik Ibsen - De unges forbund (The League of Youth)

Nordahl Grieg - Nederlaget og utvalgte dikt (The Defeat and Selected Poems)

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As an Arctic researcher, I’m used to gaps in data. Just over 1% of US Arctic waters have been surveyed to modern standards. In truth, some of the maps we use today haven’t been updated since the second world war. Navigating uncharted waters can prove difficult, but it comes with the territory of working in such a remote part of the world.

Over the past two months though, I’ve been navigating a different type of uncharted territory: the deleting of what little data we have by the Trump administration.

At first, the distress flare of lost data came as a surge of defunct links on 21 January. The US National Strategy for the Arctic, the Implementation Plan for the Strategy, and the report on our progress all gone within a matter of minutes. As I watched more and more links turned red, I frantically combed the internet for archived versions of our country’s most important polar policies.

I had no idea then that this disappearing act had just begun.

Since January, the surge has transformed into a slow, incessant march of deleting datasets, webpages and policies about the Arctic. I now come to expect a weekly email request to replace invalid citations, hoping that someone had the foresight to download statistics about Arctic permafrost thaw or renewable energy in advance of the purge.

Continue Reading.

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Not sure if this is useful for anyone, but while looking up shorts to present for class on Tuesday, I came across this video for Little Nemo in Slumberland in Norwegian. I haven’t ever studied Norwegian so I can’t super verify that or anything, but if it’s helpful to anyone, here it is! Hopefully it is Norwegian like it says it is. It is ripped from a VHS so I mean sometimes there appears to be some grain but I hope you’ll be able to enjoy it. 

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Icelandic resources – enjoy!

Introduction:

Why Learn Icelandic? Is Icelandic a Hard Language? Icelandic Phrasebook Facts (super interesting) Preparation Intro to the language Why is Learning Icelandic So Damn Tough?

Learning:

Declensions and Perfectionism Most used Icelandic verbs How to Write in Icelandic 1,000 Most Common Icelandic Words A Minimal Grammar of Icelandic Icelandic Tutorial Learn Icelandic Writing, Pronunciation and Links BBC Languages What’s in an Icelandic Name?  (be sure to read up on naming!) Cool Icelandic Lessons Icelandic Online (offered by the University of Iceland – trustworthy) Learn Icelandic abroad Wikibooks Transparent Language MP3 course Learn from a native Icelander

Tools:

Verb conjugator Dictionary Alphabet (with a keyboard) Pronunciation (audio, too) Orthography Games

Products:

List of materials, courses, etc. Talk Now: Learn Icelandic Colloquial Icelandic Complete Icelandic: A Teach Yourself Guide

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YO- DID YOU KNOW SPOTIFY HAS LANGUAGE LEARNING PLAYLISTS?

Mostly for European languages (I did not find Spotify sponsored or Spotify created ones for Korean or Japanese. I did find other playlists though).

But still, this is some good stuff spotify.